Almighty painter

Chapter 111 Failed to please

Tuesday,
Dulwich International School Yangon.

Mona approached the door of the professor's office building, and paused for a while before passing the floor-to-ceiling mirror at the corner of the stairs on the second floor.

She looked at the figure in the mirror.

The self in the mirror is meticulously dressed.

The long hair is combed into a neat hairline on the back of the head, a pair of shiny dark leather shoes are on the feet, the collar of the school uniform white shirt is tightened above the curvy chest, and is fixed by a sky blue bow tie live.

Beautiful and capable.

"Come on. Miss Sandnu, you can do it and make a good impression on Professor Cruz."

She gently moved the bow tie around her neck to make sure it was right in the middle, then she nodded in satisfaction, clenched her fists, and whispered encouragement to herself in the mirror.

Mona had a thick folder under her arm, which was a portfolio she was preparing.

She was going to visit the legendary new professor before class today, Mrs. Adriana Cruz.

The wife of this internationally renowned great artist is going to offer a half-year Gifted&Talented class in the school.

To have the experience of studying with Mrs. Sakai is a rare opportunity for every Dulwich international student.

Precious means rare.

Of course, this kind of course taught by the master himself cannot be taught by a group of people.

There are only five places in the school.

The selection criteria for the advanced class is based on the homework of the oil painting class during the winter vacation. Mrs. Sakai will select the five students who she thinks have the most completed works.

into her own little class.

Mona judged that with her painting level, she was definitely not the worst among her classmates, but she was not considered the top few either.

At least not as good as Gu Weijing.

Most of the time, she knew in her heart that the good evaluation of A in the past courses was all thanks to the help of her little boyfriend.

Even if this vacation homework has a private tutor's guidance,

Mona is also not sure that she will be able to enter the top few.

She didn't want such a precious opportunity to be in front of her, but she didn't grasp it.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who work hard.

Mona planned to try harder.

She is the president of the school's girls' student union and knows where every teacher's office is.

Taking this opportunity, Mona would like to visit Mrs. Sakai in advance.

She even prepared an envelope, which contained her self-introduction, which introduced in detail her main painting direction and the transcripts of some excellent courses in the past.

This matter is easy to say. It is very common to contact and visit your favorite tutor in advance in the university, expecting to get preferential treatment in the interview, no matter the East or the West.

even a little too much,

A university in the Netherlands once had a female student who slept with the entire tutor group in [-]. After it was finally exposed, one-third of the teachers in the department were packaged and expelled by the school. Such outrageous news.

But for a high school student who is still in a relatively innocent ivory tower-with such an emotional intelligence, willing to do such sleek and sophisticated things in this "adult" society, it seems very smart.

After all, art is a kind of personal subjective evaluation.

Give the other party a good impression in advance.

Among other things, at least let Mrs. Sakai have a little impression of the name of the female student "Mona Sandnu".

At that time, if you can be recruited or not, you will have an advantage over other students.

"I'm not the type to be irresponsible to myself."

Thinking of that irritating person, Mona shook her head unhappily, pushing his image out of her mind.

Maybe Coco was right.

I might really like Gu Weijing.

However, the world is big and there are many good boys.

Mona never thought that she had to hang herself from a tree by Gu Weijing.

It's so stupid to give up the exquisite life in the future for the sake of vain love.

Sometimes, if you broaden your horizons, you will find many better opportunities.

Just like the KFC in front of the house when I was a child, the little girl who ate it for the first time thought it was just some delicacies from mountains and seas. When she grew up, she saw the feasting and feasting in the colorful world, and she realized that it was just a boring fast food.

Mrs. Sakai's improvement class this time is an opportunity that is so lucky that it is hard to find with a lantern.

Compared with the real developed countries, the sky of Yangon is too narrow.

If he could become Mrs. Sakai's student, he might even get a letter of recommendation from the other party.

Good wind sends people to Qingyun by force.

So step into the real upper-class art circle.

Then Mona will look back on her life one day, and she will be dumbfounded. She is nothing more than an ordinary KFC.

"Professor Cruz, hello. This is my prepared portfolio. I really want to take your course..."

Mona rehearsed her speech again in her mind, took a deep breath, and walked towards the teacher's office.

Boom, boom, boom...

There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

A woman's voice came from behind the door.

Mona pushed open the door.

She was surprised to find that Mrs. Sakai was not alone in the office.

Besides the blond Spanish professor, there was also a young Asian man who looked to be in his 20s.

"...This Saturday, for Quan Zhilong's concert at the Tokyo Dome, I will take Shengzi back to Japan and fly back on Monday? What do you think?"

When she pushed the door and entered, she happened to hear the man's enthusiastic suggestion.

Quan Zhilong's concert in Tokyo?

During school, I flew to Tokyo on weekends just to watch a concert, and flew back on Monday.

Is this the life that Miss Sakai Katsuko lived?

What a luxury... and what a treat.

Mona couldn't hide her envy.

"Let's see what Shengzi wants. If she is willing to go, I have no objection, but Shengzi has been busy recently."

Mrs. Sakai replied lightly, and then asked Mona.

"What's the matter with you?"

"Hello, Professor Cruz, this is my prepared portfolio..."

"Sorry, miss, I have something to discuss now, I'm afraid I don't have time to read your portfolio."

Mrs. Sakai's indifference exceeded Mona's expectations.

She interrupted Mona without even raising her head, and waved her hand, indicating that she had no time to talk to her now.

"Oh fine."

Mona was a little disappointed.

It seems that she didn't come at a very good time, and she didn't even have a chance to say what she had prepared.

Unavoidably, there is a sense of loss when you hit the cotton with enthusiasm.

"Professor, my name is Mona Sandnu. I just want to take your improvement class. This is my self-introduction. Sorry, I won't bother you now."

She could only briefly mention her name, and put the envelope on the coffee table in the office.Turning around, pushing open the door of the office, ready to leave.

"Miss, wait a moment."

Mrs. Sakai seemed to be touched by the name.

She stopped Mona who was about to leave.

"You are Sandnu, the president of the female student union who was given flowers at the opening ceremony?"

Mrs. Sakai raised her head, her tone was playful.

The blond woman looked Mona up and down from head to toe, and said, "She is indeed a pretty little girl."

"It's quite heroic, do boys like girls with this style now?"

She asked the young man on the side in a scrutinizing tone, "But I think Shengzi is cuter."

Taro Komatsu just returned to Myanmar this week.

His "fiancée" Sakai Katsuko didn't know what kind of evil she was, but she wanted to write a shitty paper with that poor kid from Burma.

What annoyed Komatsu even more.

Faced with Katsuko's outrageous nonsense, Sakai and his wife agreed.

Taro Komatsu wanted to explore the specific content of the paper several times.

As a result, even Mrs. Sakai who supported him declined.

Professor Kazushige Sakai even expressed it more directly - "This is an important discovery, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to know before the paper is published."

listen,

This tmd is a human language!
Regardless of what great discoveries can be made in remote areas like Myanmar.

When did Taro Komatsu become an outsider compared to this little native painter in Yangon?
The only thing that might be called good news is.

Mrs. Sakai invited herself to come to Myanmar to serve as a teaching assistant for the improvement class in Ms. Katsuko's school.

This at least shows that in Mrs. Sakai's heart, she should still be towards herself.

But he could feel,

Even Mrs. Sakai seems to be slightly less warm to herself than before.

If it was half a year ago, Mrs. Sakai would definitely have persuaded Shengzi and herself to go to the concert, but now her answer has become "see what Shengzi herself means."

This gave him an indescribable sense of crisis.

Hearing Mrs. Sakai's question, Taro Komatsu casually glanced at Mona's body wrapped in school uniform.

She is indeed a beautiful girl,

Especially her whole body, from head to tail, from brown hair to lace stockings, everything is neat and meticulous.

Both beautiful and heroic.

It feels like a youthful version of a strong woman,
This made the female student council president look a little more charming, like a glass of cold martini, which made Taro Komatsu feel a little itchy when he examined the other party.

however,
Faced with the sudden death question of the "mother-in-law", Taro Komatsu was not so stupid that he didn't know the correct answer.

"It's just a little girl from Yangon, and there is no comparison with Miss Shengzi."

He shook his head.

This is a bit hurtful, but Taro Komatsu did it on purpose.

It's not like he hasn't seen a beautiful girl before.

As the future heir of Komatsu Gallery, the managers of Da Gallery are notoriously fierce in competition for famous painters.

There are many characters in the art circle, such as the great painter Picasso, who is surrounded by half a dozen lovers.

Sending a beautiful male or female model can only be regarded as one of the basic means.

Komatsu Taro has been a leader in Fengyuechang since he was a child.

This kind of female student who wants to please Mrs. Sakai to make a relationship is not worth mentioning in Komatsu's eyes.

He doesn't mind stepping on the dignity of the other party to show his loyalty to his mother-in-law.

Hearing that young man call himself a local girl in front of his face,
Mona blinked hard, but still maintained a reserved and respectful smile on her face.

In Indian family education, society is a hierarchical ladder.

At home, she is a high-caste lady who is superior in the eyes of servants.

In the relationship between men and women, the better self, of course, needs Gu Weijing to work hard on tiptoe to have the right to hold her hand.

And Mona only needs to consider whether she can reluctantly give him a little love.

But in front of the aloof Mrs. Sakai,

She is nothing.

A letter of recommendation from the other party can easily make her future bright and bright, touching those schools that she never even dared to think about.

This is the great man far away,

If she really wanted to make a good impression on Mrs. Sakai, no matter how uncomfortable she felt, all Mona could do in the face of offense was to show a polite and even flattering smile.

"There's no need to say that."

Mrs. Sakai was very satisfied with Taro Komatsu's attitude, but she was a professor in the school after all, so it was really rude to evaluate students like this.

"You want to be my student?"

Mrs. Sakai raised her eyebrows

"I am very eager for this opportunity, Professor Cruz, I assure you that I will be a good student." Mona said respectfully.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's take a look at your portfolio."

Because of Gu Weijing,

Mrs. Sakai did not have a good impression of Mona.

in fact……

Not to mention a bad impression.

She was simply curious about the former rumored girlfriend of her daughter's sweetheart in school.

If Mona really draws well,

Mrs. Sakai was not so stingy that she insisted on kicking this female student out.

"Okay, Professor. Please advise."

Mrs. Sakai took the folder.

After just a casual glance, she shook her head in disappointment.

In her view, these works,

None of them are brilliant.

Not to mention comparing with his own daughter Sakai Katsuko and Gu Weijing, even the younger Sakai Tsunasho is at least an order of magnitude stronger than this Ms. Mona in her collection of works.

Perhaps by the standards of Burmese students, it is not so bad.

But in Mrs. Sakai's high-standard vision, which is used to seeing artists, mediocrity itself is a mistake.

Judging by the standards of art,

This little girl and Gu Weijing are not from the same world at all.

"Well, I'm sorry. Miss Santanu, to be honest, these works are really ordinary. If you want to take my improvement class, you can only expect your classmates to draw worse than you."

She lost interest in talking to Mona and shook her head.

"Oh."

Mona bit her lip, and just forced herself to show a sweet smile: "Thank you for your advice, ma'am."

"Take back your self-introduction too, I don't have time to read it."

Mrs. Sakai's status was in front of Mona, so there was no need to be perfunctory.

Xiao Song glanced at the cover of the portfolio, and curled his lips.

The cover of Mona's portfolio is a printed version of the photo of "Self-Portrait" that she once showed to Gu Weijing.

Using "Self-Portrait" as the main work of the portfolio,
Generally, there is no big wrong choice.

In the field of painting, "Self-Portrait" can be used as a test of one's own painting level. Many famous painters like to paint a self-portrait regularly.

There is no big mistake in the composition of this self-portrait, but the clothes are too gorgeous, and while it looks extraordinarily pretentious, it also feels like putting the cart before the horse.

"Auntie, you came to Myanmar just to teach students of this level? A waste of time."

When Mona closed the door,
Behind him was Komatsu Taro's disdainful comment.

……

Gu Weijing found Mona who was silently wiping her tears under the shade of trees on the playground.

"I just saw you coming out of the office building, and I've been crying. What's wrong?"

He sat beside the girl, looking at the unstoppable tears on Miss Mona's face.

"What's your business? Go away!"

Mona turned her face away, unwilling to let Gu Weijing see her current appearance.

leave the office.

Walking alone in the quiet corridor, her tears of grievance finally flowed down uncontrollably.

No matter how strong I am, I put on a smile on my face.

After all, she is just a little girl who has not yet grown up.

The superior and hurtful tone in the office was like a sharp knife, piercing her heart.

"Did you go to Mrs. Sakai? Is it because of the improvement class? She is not an easy person to deal with."

Gu Weijing picked up the envelope with the note [To Dear Professor Adriana Cruz] at Mona's feet.

Looking at the words above, Gu Weijing laughed dumbly.

Mrs. Sakai is not used to a gentle woman.

"It's Professor Cruz, Mrs. Sakai, huh... are you familiar with him? And you don't need to worry about my affairs."

Mona snatched the envelope from Gu Weijing's hand, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth.

(End of this chapter)